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CLASSEN Industries' factories are centrally located in Mark Brandenburg surrounded by expansive forest areas as part of an integrated site concept. "Sustainability" was a key factor in the selection of the site around 10 years ago.
Besides the proximity to suppliers, the immediate access to wood as a raw material was a fundamental criterion for the choice of this site. CLASSEN Industries and the adjacent Fiberboard GmbH MDF plant today profit from wood from the sustainable forest management in the surrounding Brandenburg forests.
CLASSEN Industries' factories are centrally located in Mark Brandenburg surrounded by expansive forest areas as part of an integrated site concept. "Sustainability" was a key factor in the selection of the site around 10 years ago.
Besides the proximity to suppliers, the immediate access to wood as a raw material was a fundamental criterion for the choice of this site. CLASSEN Industries and the adjacent Fiberboard GmbH MDF plant today profit from wood from the sustainable forest management in the surrounding Brandenburg forests.
The term "sustainability" in a forestry context was coined by Hans Carl von Carlowitz in 1713 during a critical situation of forest destruction. This term stands for a method of management in which only as much wood is taken from the forest as can grow back. The forest is never totally cut down and can thus always regenerate. The goal was to create a stable supply of raw material in face of a foreseeable wood shortage.
The more comprehensive term "sustainable development" was defined in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission in its forecast report "Our Common Future" as follows: "Sustainable development describes a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ". The Brundtland Commission is an independent expert commission in the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), consisting of 19 representatives from 18 countries with its central office in Geneva.
The reason for the great importance of forest sustainability is the long regeneration time and the continually increasing demand for wood. the Helsinki Resolution (1993) defines sustainable forestry in modern terms as "the stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, vitality and their potential to fulfill, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions, at local, national, and global levels, and that does not cause damage to other ecosystems."
Germany's forests have been managed according to the principle of sustainability for well over 200 years. In Germany, forests can be certified according to various systems by independent institutions. Besides sustainability, aspects such as environmental compatibility and cost-effectiveness of the forest operations are considered. This certification system is intended to make it possible to trace the transport and processing path of the wood from the producer to the end consumer, in which the aspects of sustainability are of course always the focus.
Maintaining and improving sustainable forest management with regard to ecological, economical and social standards is verified and documented by methods such as the following independent certification systems which are leading in Europe:
The PEFC, Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (formerly Pan-European Forest Certification) and the FSC, the Forest Stewardship Council.
Konrad Ott from the expert council for environmental issues summarised the "original etymological meaning of sustainability" in 1999 as "regenerative living resources may only be used to the extent to which the stocks regenerate naturally".
By using PEFC-certified raw materials, CLASSEN promotes sustainability in forest management. Fiberboard GmbH also uses a large proportion of rest and chip wood of defined good quality in the manufacture of its MDF boards. This way, the natural forest resources are further conserved and the principle of sustainability supported. And the raw material can also be transported in an environmentally friendly manner thanks to the proximity to wood - the raw material - and the integrated site concept.
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26.01.2009
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